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Longborough Festival Opera is a 500-seat homegrown theatre in the Cotswolds. Our podcast series was born out of the Covid lockdown. We'll be welcoming lots of our friends from the world of opera and the arts, including singers, players, directors, conductors and more, for what will be some thought-provoking discussions. We hope you'll join us too.
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In this episode, Rabbi Dan Levin speaks with Rabbi Shai Held about the concept of love. They define love in a spiritual context, and discuss how you can develop a “posture” of love, how to learn to love yourself, and what it means to love others, as well as how the concept of love connects with those of hate, justice, and protest.…
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In this episode of Essential Questions, Rabbi Dan Levin speaks with Rabbi Dr. Mark Washofsky. They discuss the intersection between Reform Judaism and halakha, the ongoing conversation between ancient texts and modern life, and what it means to be “authentically Jewish” within Reform Judaism.Temple Beth El of Boca Raton tarafından oluşturuldu
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In this episode of Essential Questions, Rabbi Dan Levin talks with Tracey Labgold, Florida Education & Training Manager for Keshet, a non-profit that works for LGBTQ+ equality in Jewish life. They discuss different LGBTQ+ identities, the differences between sexual orientation and gender identity, and the best ways to support those who identify as q…
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In this episode of Essential Questions, Rabbi Dan Levin talks with Rabbi Laila Haas, who joined Temple Beth El's clergy team in June 2024. They talk about how they both fell in love with Jewish learning, their experiences learning in Israel, what Torah means to them, how they find meaning and purpose in their lives through Judaism, and more.…
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In this episode of Essential Questions, Rabbi Dan Levin speaks with Dr. Martin Segel and Dr. Marissa Roecklein about cognitive dissonance, or the discomfort that occurs when you hold two conflicting beliefs at the same time. They discuss why it is so hard to recognize within yourself, what enforces it, and tools to combat it.…
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In this episode we explore Götterdämmerung from the perspective of its heroine, Brünnhilde, with thoughts and musical excerpts from Professor Peter Franklin, conductor and pianist Justin Brown, and Longborough's own Brünnhilde Lee Bisset. This was recorded at an event for Longborough members. Find out more about Longborough Festival Opera at ⁠lfo.o…
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In this episode we celebrate the upcoming 2024 season at Longborough - a new production of La bohème in the centenary year of Puccini's death, alongside the culmination of our Ring cycle. With readings and music from some of our brilliant Emerging Artists, we also look ahead at the exciting plans for our 2025 programme, with Longborough's Artistic …
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In this special Passover episode of Essential Questions, Rabbi Dan Levin speaks with Rabbi Debra Robbins, author of New Each Day, which we are using for our Omer practice this year. They discuss ways to incorporate a daily prayer practice into your life, select poems Rabbi Debra Robbins wrote in response to the psalms in New Each Day, and her exper…
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In this episode of Essential Questions, Rabbi Dan Levin speaks with Rabbi Dalia Marx about how to sanctify time. They talk about rituals and their role in enriching spiritual encounters, how to remove barriers to spirituality, what Shabbat and other holy days look like during a time of war in Israel, and more. Read Rabbi Dalia Marx's book: From Tim…
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In today’s episode, Rabbi Dan Levin speaks with Dr. Andrea Corn and Randy Nathan about youth sports. They discuss the different physical, social, and leadership benefits they see for children involved in youth sports, how to handle winning and losing, the balance between youth sports and other obligations, and more.…
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In this episode of Essential Questions, Cantorial Soloist Michelle Auslander Cohen interviews four current members of the IDF Reserves. Join us as we bear witness to the experiences of the brave Israeli soldiers currently stationed in the North. Hear their incredible stories and find out what we can do to support them. Our guests include: Major Noa…
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In this episode of Essential Questions, Rabbi Dan Levin speaks with Rabbi Richard Address, the founder and director of JewishSacredAging.com. They define the concept of Sacred Aging and discuss what makes something sacred, how you can live life so it has meaning, and the importance of a legacy.Temple Beth El of Boca Raton tarafından oluşturuldu
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In this episode of Essential Questions, Rabbi Dan Levin talks about the experience and importance of telling stories with some of the creative team behind Israeli podcast Rays of Light: Dana Dvorin, Liat Fishman Lenny and Ira Fuchs. Their podcast captures the stories of women who survived the attacks of October 7, and shares them through the voices…
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Longborough Festival Opera: the first 30 years is a new book chronicling how a dream of an idea became bricks, mortar and sublime music. In this recording of the book launch, author Richard Bratby talks to music historian Sophie Redfern about Martin and Lizzie Graham's remarkable achievement, and the story of opera at Longborough. Internationally r…
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On Thursday, December 7, the Jewish world lost one of the great leaders and scholars of our generation, Rabbi Dr. David Ellenson, past president and chancellor of the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion; and teacher, rabbi, mentor, and role model of Rabbi Dan Levin. Today, in his memory, we are re-releasing an episode of Essential Q…
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In this episode of Essential Questions, Rabbi Dan Levin speaks with Jessica Keith, author of Saying Inshallah with Chutzpah, about her experience working at the Kuwaiti Consulate in Los Angeles. They discuss different cultural contexts for "normal," how learning isn't always comfortable, and about different experiences of intolerance.…
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In this episode of Essential Questions, Rabbi Dan Levin speaks with Michael Abramowitz, president of Freedom House, a non-partisan voice dedicated to supporting democracy. They talk about the importance of journalism, what it takes for a democracy to work, and how increasing technologies affect the future of democracies today.…
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In this episode of Essential Questions, Rabbi Dan Levin speaks with Yehuda Kohn, the father and spirit of Bet Elazraki, a chlidren's home in Israel to over 200 children ages 6-18. They talk about what it means to be a parent, different ways to show love for your children, and common struggles parents face in a Jewish context.…
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In this episode of Essential Questions, Rabbi Dan Levin talks with Rabbi Dr. Danny Schiff about how Judaism responds to the digital age. They discuss responses to the war between Israel and Hamas on social media, how Reform and Conservative Judaism treats new technologies, and how connections to others online compares to in person.…
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If you missed last week's webinar, you can now listen to the conversation between with faculty members from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Professor Simon Barak and Dana Gavish-Fridman, and Rabbi Greg Weisman. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev sits 25 miles from the border with Gaza and was significantly impacted by the October 7 terrorist att…
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If you weren't able to attend this morning's informative webinar, you can listen to the conversation between Rabbi Dan Levin and Deputy Managing Editor of The Jerusalem Post Tovah Lazaroff about what is going on in Israel here. Tovah has expertise in coverage of the settlements, diplomacy, the United Nations, hostage situations, conflicts on the so…
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In this special episode of Essential Questions, Rabbi Dan Levin speaks with Rabbi Joshua Weinberg, Vice President of the URJ for Israel and Reform Zionism, and Executive Director of ARZA, the Association of Reform Zionists of America. Together, they discuss what is going on in Israel amid the war with Hamas. Organizations we encourage contributions…
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In this special High Holy Day-themed episode of the Essential Questions podcast, Cantor Lori Brock and Rabbi Greg Weisman join Rabbi Dan Levin for an episode discussing how they prepare themselves to lead High Holy Day services for the congregation, as well as how they spiritually prepare for the High Holy Days in their own lives.…
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In this episode, Rabbi Dan Levin is joined by Rabbis Jessica Spitalnic Mates and Elana Rabishaw, as they discuss their favorite moments and takeaways from our Season 1 episodes and guests, including discussions around the episodes featuring Rabbi Ammi Hirsch, Rabbi Jonah Pesner, Rabbi Jennie Rosenn and more.…
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In the season 1 finale of Essential Questions, Rabbi Dan Levin speaks with his teacher and friend Rabbi David Ellenson, Chancellor Emeritus and past president of Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, about different ways to think about God within Judaism, and if a belief in God is necessary. Essential Questions will return for a spec…
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In this episode, Rabbi Dan Levin speaks with Rabbi Jonah Pesner about social justice and its importance in today's society within Jewish values. Rabbi Jonah Pesner serves as the Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and has led the Religious Action Center since 2015. Rabbi Pesner also serves as Senior Vice President of the Union…
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In this episode of Essential Questions, Rabbi Dan Levin speaks with Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, Founder and CEO of Dayenu, an organization mobilizing the American Jewish community to confront the climate crisis with spiritual audacity and bold political action.Temple Beth El of Boca Raton tarafından oluşturuldu
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Looking ahead to Longborough's 2023 production of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, Robert Howarth, Olivia Fuchs and tenor Tom Randle explore Orfeo's pivotal scenes and monologues as he journeys into the underworld to find Euridice.In this podcast, two of the lead creatives on this summer's production at Longborough - Music Director Robert Howarth on keyboard,…
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bret Stephens spoke at Temple Beth El in May 2023 about the state of Israel as Israel celebrates its 75th birthday. If you had the chance to hear his conversation with Rabbi Dan Levin in person, you know how incredibly informative it was. If not, you can listen to this bonus episode - a recording of the live conver…
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What makes a human being – human? In many ways – this is a question that answers itself. Human beings ask questions. Questioning is rooted in the very core of what makes us human. Ever notice that the basic questions of life are the shortest of words? Who? When? Where? Why? How? We hope you will join us in these conversations surrounding the essent…
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Wagner fits within a German ecological tradition stretching from Von Humboldt through Haeckel and Himmler to the Greens. Can any of this be heard in the music itself? This talk will show you how. This episode is a lecture by Professor Michael Spitzer, author of acclaimed book The Musical Human, with musical illustrations by Longborough's Ring cycle…
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In July 2022, Longborough Festival Opera features an exciting double bill performed by our Emerging Artists: Francesca Caccini's La liberazione di Ruggiero, paired with Freya Waley-Cohen's contemporary song cycle Spell Book. In this episode, Longborough's artistic director Polly Graham speaks to the production's director Jenny Ogilvie about her pla…
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Korngold's Die tote Stadt forms an exciting part of Longborough's summer 2022 festival. In this episode, Korngold experts Jessica Duchen and Michael Haas teach us more about this remarkable composer. With musical extracts from pianist Charles Matthews. This talk was recorded at an event for Longborough members. Thanks to Stuart Essenhigh on trumpet…
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Longborough Festival Opera's Music Director Anthony Negus joins the pianist and musicologist Professor Kenneth Hamilton, as they discuss the surprising personal and musical relationships between Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt. Hosted by writer and librettist Sophie Rashbrook. Thanks to Stuart Essenhigh on trumpet in the introduction. Find out more …
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In this episode, Longborough Festival Opera's Artistic Director Polly Graham joins the acclaimed librettist and opera director Sir David Pountney, who was in the midst of staging his own Ring cycle in Chicago when the pandemic first struck. The subject of their discussion is comedy in the Ring cycle: where and how we can find humour inside this hug…
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In this episode, conductor Justin Brown and director Olivia Fuchs chat to music journalist Richard Bratby about this incredible work: Janácek's musical language; his parallels to Wagner; and why grown adults would want to see an opera about talking animals. Longborough Festival Opera's Emerging Artist production of The Cunning Little Vixen will now…
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Keith called up Rory D'Lasnow in this episode of The Dimestore Jukebox. Rory, who hails from Bergen County, New Jersey, is a talented singer-songwriter who is setting out to capture the human experience through his music. Listen as Rory talks about how he procrastinated pursuing music, his on and off relationship with The Beatles, his song "An Amer…
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Keith spoke to Jake Sternberg about his band Ruby Sparks, a project that started to come together when he moved out west to Los Angeles, California. Listen as they talk about Father John Misty, what went into producing Jake's new EP In Your Head, why it's important to talk about mental health and more! Subscribe to The Dimestore Jukebox wherever yo…
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In this episode, writer and librettist Sophie Rashbrook chats to historian Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough and soprano Lee Bisset, who was set to have been Brünnhilde in Wagner's Die Walküre at Longborough in the postponed 2020 season. In their discussion they explore the roles and mythical origins of Wagner’s women. For further reading, see Eleanor's…
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Avery Mandeville of Little Hag spoke to Keith on The Dimestore Jukebox! Listen as they talk about the importance of speaking out about the issues people face, why she is officially changing her band's name to Little Hag, why she thinks open mic shows are integral to the music community and more! Subscribe to The Dimestore Jukebox wherever you liste…
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Keith had a laid-back chat with Brian Erickson in this episode of The Dimestore Jukebox. Brian is the frontman of the band The Extensions and is about to release his debut solo album, "Little Secrets." Listen as Brian talks about his approach in producing his upcoming record, shows that he hosts, why he thinks the guys in Black Sabbath are among th…
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In this episode, music journalist Richard Bratby chats to Longborough's Music Director Anthony Negus and bass-baritone Paul Carey Jones, who was scheduled to sing Wotan in Wagner's Die Walküre at Longborough in the postponed 2020 season. In their discussion they trace Wotan's journey through Wagner's Ring cycle. Thanks to Stuart Essenhigh on trumpe…
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